To Cut a Long Story Short (book)
- To Cut a Long Story Short (book)
To Cut a Long Story Short (ISBN 0-00-226149-9) is a 2000 short story collection by British writer and politician Jeffrey Archer. Unlike his previous collections, which have contained 12 stories, this one has 15. A list of the featured stories is below.
*Death Speaks (from W. Somerset Maugham's "Sheppey")
*The Expert Witness
*The Endgame
*The Letter
*Crime Pays
*Chalk and Cheese
*A Change of Heart
*Too Many Coincidences
*Love At First Sight
*Both Sides Against The Middle
*A Weekend to Remember
*Steves Stories Are Boring
*Something for Nothing
*Other Blighters' Efforts
*The Reclining Woman
*The Grass is Always Greener . . .
References
*Archer, Jeffrey: To Cut a Long Story Short ISBN 0-00-226149-9
External links
* [http://www.jeffreyarcher.co.uk Jeffrey Archer's official website]
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